WNBA superstar and U.S. Olympian Candace Parker announced her retirement yesterday. She and Russian Olympian Anna Petrakova are raising two children and expecting a third this spring, so of course I have to offer a Mombian take on what she’s shown us about parenthood as well as basketball.
WNBA basketball star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and her spouse, attorney Cherelle Griner, are expecting a child in July, they announced Saturday. They will join a growing number of queer parents in the WNBA—let’s meet some of them and look at their lives as elite athletes and mothers!
The clear winners of this week’s “best baby announcement” award are basketball stars Candace Parker and wife Anna Petrakova, who shared their news with apt and awesome style. So many basketball analogies!
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced yesterday that she is leaving the Chicago Sky to join the Las Vegas Aces, citing her wife and kids as reasons for the choice. This got me thinking about the reasons families move—including anti-LGBTQ climates.
The WNBA is 15 years old today. I remember being at the first game in 1997. (For those doing the math: the league was founded in 1996, but play began in 1997.) That means some of the players were my son’s age (eight) or younger when the league began. Now I feel old. Former WNBA
Ever watch an NBA game? In many arenas, there’s a “KissCam” that puts images of couples in the audience on the overhead Jumbotron screen, so the rest of the audience can encourage them to kiss. It’s silly but harmless. Go to a WNBA Washington Mystic’s game, however, and you won’t find a KissCam, even though
Think of this as Mombian: The Weekend Sports Edition: ESPN the Magazine’s cover story this month features WNBA superstar Candace Parker, with her hands cupping the round curve of . . . her pregnant stomach. It’s a striking picture for a magazine that rarely has women of any sort on the cover. The article asks,
The Seattle Storm dropped basketball legend and gay mom Sheryl Swoopes from their roster this week, citing the league’s salary cap. (After Ellen reports that the NBA’s cap is $58 million per team, whereas WNBA teams have to make do with $803,000 per year.) The three-time WNBA MVP and three-time Olympic gold medalist said she’s
Lesbian mom and basketball superstar Sheryl Swoopes spoke with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer today. She’s playing for the Seattle Storm this season, not her long-time team the Houston Comets. In the article, she talks about how the WNBA’s lack of support for lesbians is “the one thing that’s hurt my feelings more than anything else.” One
